Event Details

Date

September 17, 2015

Time

12:00 p.m.

Location

Lawnhurst Farms, LLC
4124 County Road #5
Stanley, NY 14561

Host

North Country Regional Ag Team

Libby Eiholzer
607-793-4847

Pre-Registration Deadline: September 3, 2015

Temple Grandin to visit Ontario County

September 17, 2015

Temple Grandin to visit Ontario County

World-renowned animal behavior expert Dr. Temple Grandin will speak at several locations in Ontario County, NY on September 17 & 18, 2015. An ardent advocate for the humane treatment of animals and one of the most widely-recognized autistic professionals in the country, Grandin is a noted speaker and author of many books including Humane Livestock Handling and Animals Make Us Human. She is a professor of Animal Science at Colorado State University and also designs livestock systems that more closely match the natural instincts of livestock, reducing stress and unintended injuries.

Temple Grandin will speak at three different events during her visit to the region:


REGISTRATION IS CLOSED FOR THIS EVENT. 
NO WALK-IN REGISTRATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED ON THE DAY OF THE EVENT.

Livestock handling talk and farm walk-through
Thursday, September 17, 2015
12 Noon - 3:30 PM
Lawnhurst Farms, LLC, 4124 County Road 5, Stanley, NY
This event is designed for dairy and beef farmers to help them improve livestock handling. There will be time after the program for questions and book signing.



Public lecture
Dr. Temple Grandin: My Life with Autism and the Livestock Industry
Thursday, September 17, 2015
7:00 PM
Vandervort Room
Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY
This event is free and open to the public. Dr. Grandin will have time to meet participants and sign copies of her books.

2015 Happiness House Autism Conference ?Thinking Across the Spectrum?
Friday, September 18, 2015
8:30 AM - Keynote address by Dr. Temple Grandin
Crosswinds Wesleyan Church, 3360 Middle Cheshire Road, Canandaigua, NY
A conference on autism for families and professionals presented by Happiness House in Canandaigua.
Conference details available at: www.happinesshouse.org

These events are independently hosted by Cornell Cooperative Extension Northwest New York Dairy, Livestock and Field Crops Team and Happiness House, with support from the Northeast Dairy Beef Quality Assurance Contract through the Beef Checkoff, Hobart and William Smith Colleges' Global Initiative on Disability, Finger Lakes Institute, and Upstate Niagara Cooperative, Inc.





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